An interesting car here, XK Jaguar with modified wings and lights and carrying a Coventry registration.. The only one like that which I have seen, IIRC, was in a shot from the Brighton Speed Trials in the early 60s and was regd 1 ALL, poss Betty Haig car. http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ebd573cb1Usual disclaimer.Roger Lund

Some interesting photos here, Roger. I spotted this one of a Ferrari 250P/330P(?) which is listed as being taken at Oulton Park in 1963. I can't rememeber reading about one appearing there in '63, also I don't recognise the scrutineering bay in the background. Could it be Silverstone, and the support race for the GP, possibly with Mike Parkes? Must be a Maranello Concessionaires car.http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ebd9285b4

Some of his captions are a little shaky at times. In one of his earlier race car batches from Oulton the same Ferrari no 52 was shown, but I struggle to recall the exact appearance of the Oulton startline then. Could it be Mallory at the 2,000gns meeting? It was always the big event there.He has some GTO shots with Parkes from there too. The Oulton batch has a shot of the Ecosse coupe, so that may well have been when JYS drove it, if it is Oulton.
Roger

Given the author's patchy track record, this is a surprisingly good book, well researched and not badly written, but it isn't that good.

Hmm...nice business if you can get it. The seller sources his books from Amazon (and perhaps others). This from his T&Cs :-

"All our books are brand new and are shipped directly to you from a third-party supplier. Please be aware that your address details will be passed on to fulfil your order, and by purchasing this item you are agreeing to this process."

I won't make any other comments (which I'm dying too !)

Back to the book, I have it and, as you say given the author's patchy track record, thought it very good.

Cant see what's wrong with the Escort - the seller doe not say it's an ex-Monte or RAC winner or anything, just that it has been a press/static display car and is a bit of a bitza and he has some paperwork history as to it - what's wrong with that?

Nothing wrong with it at all. Dad (AAGR) did a lot of Ford Motorsport events including dealer road shows and on-event press calls all over the country, and does not recall seeing this car ever. Plus why would an unregistered car have 53,000km on it? The build date is all wrong, as is the engine.

I'm not saying it's not what the seller says, but I'm naturally very cynical when it comes to things described as "Ex...".

Nothing wrong with it at all. Dad (AAGR) did a lot of Ford Motorsport events including dealer road shows and on-event press calls all over the country, and does not recall seeing this car ever. Plus why would an unregistered car have 53,000km on it? The build date is all wrong, as is the engine.

I'm not saying it's not what the seller says, but I'm naturally very cynical when it comes to things described as "Ex...".

True but it could be a non-motorsport dash (the original beng removed) that has miles recorded, or it could be one owner put an engine out of a write-off so that it can be converted or it could be that it was a press car that ran on trade plates. Have you asked the seller or seen the documentation he has?

Cant see what's wrong with the Escort - the seller doe not say it's an ex-Monte or RAC winner or anything, just that it has been a press/static display car and is a bit of a bitza and he has some paperwork history as to it - what's wrong with that?

No, I'm still not convinced. Real - even 'showroom real' - rally cars like this never had electric window lifts, and certainly did not have a sunshine roof. Every, repeat every, one of the dozens of Escort RS Cosworth rally cars I have ever seen had steel roofs, this being a 'given' for use in competition.

Oh, and by the way, the Michelin Pilot colour scheme was not seen until 1993, and that small-turbo/restyled version of the Cosworth YB engine was never ever used in a competition, or even a display-competition, car. Originally I called this a 'parts-bin' special .... - I still do ....

A fascinating shot, one of those where the more you look at it the more you see. Oulton VSCC 1960s the vendor says. Scroll down for a decent size image. Usual disclaimers.http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ec246447dRoger Lund

It looks like a Maxi on the left side between the P4 and Land Rover so must be post late '69? Is that a mk 1 Escort on the very left?

Not my period, but it doesn't look very original to me.Moreover the list of original parts taken off includes axles that were removed from car which either means it was not a Lotus 23 or he doesn't know what axles are

Not my period, but it doesn't look very original to me.Moreover the list of original parts taken off includes axles that were removed from car which either means it was not a Lotus 23 or he doesn't know what axles are

Probably stub axles in the light of the significant increase in power and handling since the car was built. Sadly this is a real East Coast ''vintage'' race car, needs significant investment to get it back to where it should be.Seems to be missing any mention of an ID number-Lotus or AM.

axles that were removed from car - which either means it was not a Lotus 23 or he doesn't know what axles are

Bob Curl had that argument with the DVLC when he went to register his 1,500 Ford powered Lotus Elite (which I last saw at Kelvedon Motors): "All cars have axles Sir!" It wasn't until he produced a receipt from the Triumph dealer with the magic words "Stub axles" that the man consented to register the car. Perhaps, being American, he did the American thing, and left half the words out, which Americans do almost as often as they put 10 words too many in

After reading the seller's explanation, and re-watching the TV broadcast, what he claims is impossible, unless of course his wife happened to be standing trackside with her handbag open whilst doing a Neil Horan impersonation, strange that we all seem to have missed that. Truly, where eBay is concerned, there's one born every minute, but he seems to have conned at least nineteen gullible people.